Looks like my elder brother will be coming up with Damage and me. He may be in touch with you, drfish, to see what else might be needed. However, our ride is going to be mighty full of hardware, t-shirts, mice, backpacks, and all manner of wonderment, so don't ask him to bring tables or lawn chairs.

Nations, cultures, arts, civilisations-these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendours. -C.S. Lewis

just brew it! wrote:My only thought is, don't pair me with someone else who sucks as bad as I do again! IIRC last year we held up the whole tournament.

Yeah, my brother and I talked somewhat about the games last year; it seemed either a game went by fast or took forever.

If we did a NCAA type bracket, would that be something cool, or is that too unfair to the less experienced players?

Not to brag or anything , but if we did do that, I think my brother and I would be top seeds, since I lost to Andy in the semi final and Ben lost to him in the finals last year.Andy would be the third top seed of course, as the current champ, and of course z-man gets the fourth top seed.

Based on experience, I would then seat Stiffie, the Mr. & Mrs. Froboz, and either gleek or drfish as 2nd seeds.

And so on and so on. Thoughts? I am almost positive drfish has a photo of how last years bracket ended if we want to go by that

I would also think z-man could fairly seat everyone as well and would be fine with that.

Dposcorp wrote:Thoughts? I am almost positive drfish has a photo of how last years bracket ended if we want to go by that

Photo? I bet the board is still in my basement and not erased yet! Also, I hardly think I'd be 2nd seed, I've only made it passed the 1st round a handful of times and maybe the 2nd round once. I'm up for whatever though.

Dposcorp wrote:I would also think z-man could fairly seat everyone as well and would be fine with that.

Not really I wasn't there last year remember? I know, but I had my reasons.

Anyway, there are players I know nothing about. Hence why I am unqualified for the job.

Also I totally want to be a 16 seed. Why? Cause I want to upset a #1 in the first round!!! Just so I can say it has happened.

I don't care really it will just be fun to play.

I also really need to do something about this handle. *sigh*

FYI - I am providing Ribs, burgers & buns, hot dogs & buns, along with cheese and smores bars. Anything else, including condiments will have to be provided by others. So mustard, ketchup, tomatoes, onion, pickles, etc will have to be brought by someone else. In case someone needed an idea.

"I used to think the brain was the most amazing organ in the entire body. Then I realized who was telling me this."
If ignorance were painful, half the posters here would be on morphine drips.

Took you chumps long enough to notice. :Why do you think I used that pic as a example of the table/chair stuff. lol

Gotta hand it to the champ though. I really was hoping my brother would avenge me in the end.

z-man wrote:

Dposcorp wrote:I would also think z-man could fairly seat everyone as well and would be fine with that.

Not really I wasn't there last year remember? I know, but I had my reasons.

Anyway, there are players I know nothing about. Hence why I am unqualified for the job.

Also I totally want to be a 16 seed. Why? Cause I want to upset a #1 in the first round!!! Just so I can say it has happened.

I don't care really it will just be fun to play.

I also really need to do something about this handle. *sigh*

You have been to enough of the BBQs though to get a handle on how most of the regulars play, but I do see what you mean.We can do it by committe though, since you, me, stiffie, my brother, gleek, frobozz and his wife could all pretty much agree on the seating.

Other details:TR BBQ Pre-party: Tomorrow 8/10/12 @ New Holland Brewing in downtown Holland - for anyone arriving on Friday night we can meet up early. My wife and I will be there at 7:30 and stay for about an hour, obviously you all can come as early and stay as late as you want. I'll be wearing a navy Tech Report shirt and a tan baseball cap with a fish on it. Txt me if you get there and can't find our table.

TR BBQ: The main event! Show up between noon and 1:00 - food around 2:00. Everything else will happen at some point, not even going to try to schedule it, but we'll start the cornhole tournament when everyone from the confirmed list has arrived.

TR BBQ After dark: Saturday after 9:00 down at the beach, we'll have a fire, more eats, and $350+ worth of fireworks!

TR BBQ Walk of Shame: Sunday morning 8/12/12 - for anyone that is staying at the cottage or in town and wants to come back for some reason (forgot your camera or lost keys on the beach, etc) - yard and beach cleanup and maybe some breakfast if anyone feels like cooking. We'll probably be there around 9:00.

Phew... This is gettin' real now! Shoes and I bought the fireworks a couple hours ago, its quite the haul! He'll post a picture soon. We even got 20 of those cool paper balloons to launch at some point after the crazy fireworks are all gone.

I'm seriously wondering how we are going to top this year's BBQ next year for the big 10 year event. This thing is just getting insane, I simply can't picture more loot, a bigger raft, a fancier fireworks display, tastier food, or mostly importantly better company than what is lined up this time. Its. Just. Crazy.

If there is any possibility at all that you can jump in your car and drive to Holland before Saturday I highly recommend you do so.

Well, that was an interesting trip. No one told me that there was a football game in Buffalo tonight. I-90 through Buffalo was a parking lot & I don't know enough of the area to avoid it. Took me an hour just to get through Buffalo to scenic Erie, PA.

If anyone is coming past Sawyer MI tomorrow evening you could stop and get a growler of Greenbush beer though. I was planning to get one on my way, but I just checked their web site and they don't open until noon on Sat...

z-man wrote:FYI - I am providing Ribs, burgers & buns, hot dogs & buns, along with cheese and smores bars. Anything else, including condiments will have to be provided by others. So mustard, ketchup, tomatoes, onion, pickles, etc will have to be brought by someone else. In case someone needed an idea.

I have to adjust this. I did not have time to make smores bars.

"I used to think the brain was the most amazing organ in the entire body. Then I realized who was telling me this."
If ignorance were painful, half the posters here would be on morphine drips.

Couple updates, first of all assuming bandwidth isn't a huge problem I think Hatcam will be a big success. The LiveStream was kind of a flop last year, didn't work great and didn't really show much. I wanted to bring the camera closer to the action but it wasn't really manageable. I think this year will be different. Everyone has to help remind me not to wear it into the bathroom though! If we can avoid such an incident it could be a great thing - the closest thing to being at the BBQ yourself I'd guess. I'm happy to pass the hat around so to speak, as long as everyone has a clean head - guess we can always Lysol it.

Second, that water temp will likely be taking a huge dive because of the expected wind change and the waves are supposed to be a little crazy tomorrow too. That might spell doom for the raft so at this point I'm the fence about wasting all the effort of building it and setting it up/taking it down if it will only get used a little/be destroyed right away. We'll see - part of me wants to be riding it as all the giant waves are passing underneath. Its just to early to tell. Otherwise the weather looks like it will be fantastic.

Nations, cultures, arts, civilisations-these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendours. -C.S. Lewis